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Property from a Distinguished European Collection

Henri Nouveau

Composition

Auction Closed

June 26, 11:59 AM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished European Collection

Henri Nouveau

1901-1959


Composition

signed H.N. and dated 1932 (lower right)

gouache on brown paper laid down onto black paper

29.1 by 20.9 cm. 11½ by 8¼ in.

Framed: 49.5 by 41.2 cm. 19½ by 16⅛ in.

Executed in 1932.

Siegfried and Gesche Poppe, Hamburg (acquired by 1990)

Private Collection, Switzerland

Galerie von Bartha, Basel

Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner

Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Moderne - Centre Julio González, Arte Abstracto. Arte Concreto, 1990, no. 92, p. 130, illustrated in colour

Vienna, University of Applied Arts, Wille zur Form, Ungenständliche Kunst 1910-1938 in Österreich, Polen, Tschechoslowakei und Ungarn, 1993, n.n., p. 237, illustrated in colour